Ministry praises schools for excellent end-of-year effort

More than two-thirds
of schools have now provided their end-of-year payroll
reports to the Ministry of Education.

Group Manager and
Novopay Business Owner Rebecca Elvy says this is a fantastic
result from schools who are working extremely hard to make
sure their staff are paid correctly over the Christmas
break.

“The Ministry and Talent2 are continuing to call
each school directly to give whatever assistance is needed
to complete end-of-year,” Ms Elvy says.

“We contacted
more than 500 schools yesterday, and many more are being
contacted today.”

Ms Elvy says it is very heartening to
see 67% of schools have so far entered their data into the
Novopay system.

“This follows an intensive effort by
schools, supported by the Ministry and Talent2; including
end-of-year roadshows, specialist case managers, direct
calling, and ongoing improvements to the Novopay
system.

“While today is the official deadline for
entering end-of-year data in Novopay, previous years have
shown us that more reports will come in over the next few
days,” Ms Elvy says.

Ms Elvy repeats the commitment of
Talent2 and the Ministry to make sure the end-of-year pay
process goes smoothly for schools and staff.

“This is an
excellent step towards ensuring we achieve that, and I
sincerely thank schools for their efforts,” she says.

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